artillerist
English
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Artillerists.
Etymology
artillery + -ist
Noun
artillerist (plural artillerists)
- (military) A person who operates artillery
- 1876, John Esten Cooke, A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee:
- Pelham was, in spite of his youth, an artillerist of the first order of excellence, and his loss was a serious one, in spite of his inferior rank.
- 1898, William Elliot Griffis, Charles Carleton Coffin:
- The experiments were not very satisfactory. Mr. Coffin, perhaps, possibly, because he was not a skilled artillerist, had the mortifying experience of seeing the apparatus in front of his cannon blown into fragments, but he made notes of the other reports.
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Translations
artilleryman — see artilleryman
Anagrams
- triliterals
Dutch
Etymology
Possibly borrowed. Equivalent to artillerie + -ist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑr.tɪ.ləˈrɪst/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ar‧til‧le‧rist
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Noun
artillerist m (plural artilleristen, diminutive artilleristje n)
- artillerist
Derived terms
- artilleristisch